Summary: They are more than twins; they are two halves of one soul. So when Hao's life finally slipped away, so does Yoh's. After 500 years, they are reborn as twins again, but what are the circumstances this time? Why are the Asakuras after Yoh's life?

Please do not disregard my spelling and grammar mistakes; I want to correct them since I've seen some with bad grammar mistakes and the sentence end up meaning another thing. I don't want to confuse my readers. If I got any important information wrong, please inform me of that as well; that includes the Japanese.

Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot line, though I wished I own Shaman King.

To the Reviewers:

sweetsorrowEternity: Here's an update. I hope it's in time before your vacation. Double update for you on account of a boring chatper! Have fun in your vacation. Thanks for waiting.

simmie: Yes Hao is the best; and so is Yoh. Poor twins, they both died so suddenly. But here they are again! Here's the update.

Leuv: Thank you! I'm so happy to have people who love my stories. Well, I was working on the two chapters of this story, since I promised a double update for sweetsorrowEternity. The next chapter of Nantoka Naru should be up withn a couple of days.

Crazy Hyper Active Kitsune: Yay! I'm so hapy you love it! Here's the update!

Animecrazy666: Ah, okay...maybe not EVERYONE. Manta, no, Anna, maybe not, Pirika, most likely no, since I can't keep track of too many characters, and I might neglect her if I put her in the story. But everyone else should be there; everyone else that I can think of. Pairings...none? I'm not good with romance, so I can't really do any romance scenes without destroying the story as a whole. Sorry. Thanks for the review though!

dark red shadows: Than you very much! Your stories are nice too.

Me XD: Yeah, I think Yoh's death should be dramatic too, but then that wouldn't point out the fact that he died the moment Hao did if he suffered for the death...I suppose. Anyways, here's the update!

Elemental Storm: That's a very nice guess, but not the right one. You'll see in the next chapter, which is already up due to my double update!

I'm so happy for so many reviewers -cries-...Anyways, please enjoy...I suppose, considering this chapter is a bit boring.

Blah blah - narration

"Blah blah" - dialogue/monologue

Blah blah - thoughts

Italics in terms of "blah blah blah" - emphasis

'Blah blah' - thoughts in dreams

Narrations in italics - means it's a dream.

Blah blah - emphasis in a dream/ emphasis within an emphasis (?)

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Chapter One: Waking from a Deep Sleep

-Izumo-

Oh look, they're twins.

What should we call them?

Let's call them Hao and Yoh.

Huh? But isn't Hao the evil from the Asakura history?

But they're twins, it's perfect. Besides, just because the name's the same, it doesn't mean that it's the same person.

Oh alright, we'll call the older one Hao, and the younger one Yoh.

Then it's decided!

…

Hao opened his eyes. It is not unusual for him to hear what his new parents are saying right after his birth. What is unusual is that there wasn't an entourage of attacks waiting for him, nor was there talk of which one is the evil. Heck, it doesn't even seem like they know that he might be evil. This is the Asakura family though; he had made sure. Why they don't know he's evil is beyond him.

He checked beside him and found, just as expected, his brother Yoh, sleeping soundly.

I don't think he remembers, since he's not the original…should I just take his soul now? But he's still too weak…

Hao decided to just stay like this until he needs to leave. He'll be more unsuspecting this way.

I'll wait until we're older, and I'll convince Yoh to join me…

He drifted back to sleep like a newborn should do, other than crying.

-China-

It's a boy.

What should we call him?

Um…How about Ren, after the boy from five hundred years ago that freed our family from the chain of hatred and brought our family into light?

Sounds like a perfect name.

And matches perfectly with Jun's.

…

Saffron eyes stare up into the ceiling. The man and the woman had left. He blinked away the blurriness and looked around.

Where am…I think that I died…Wait…Yoh died, and then what?

He closed his eyes and images of the funeral, the cliff, and the boulder came.

Right, after the funeral, Jun and I fell down a cliff…we…got hit by a boulder…so…I'm dead? No, it seems like I was just born…

Not having the energy to care about the details in infantry, the Tao drifted back to sleep. A Chinese warrior's spirit came out. "I've been waiting, Bocchama." He voiced to no one in particular. He disappeared again as a green-haired girl, accompanied by her parents, came to check out her new brother.

-Hokkaido-

It's a nice, healthy baby boy!

I've already decided the name for him.

Oh? What would that be?

Horokeu, after the boy who saved our homeland and replanted the Coltsfoot fields since the last Shaman Tournament.

Sounds good to me.

…

Azure eyes blinked at his surrounding; confused is an understatement.

Hmm? How did I get here from the hospital?

He remembers what happened.

Yoh died, and after the funeral, Ren and Jun died. I was really depressed, so I did not see the truck…am I dead? Or am I alive?

Fatigue dominated the young child as he drifted back into sleep. A Koropokkoru popped up beside the sleeping boy, and watched him silently.

-New York-

Let's call him Chocolove!

Are you sure? Isn't the name a bit weird?

Nonsense, it's after my great ancestor who brought the wind of laughter to the world.

Okay…if you say so.

…

The young African-American boy slowly opens his eyes as an unfamiliar room came into his view.

I remember that I died…After Anna informed me of Ren, Horo, and Yoh's death, I had gone on the plane…but something went wrong with the plane…

He thought about the possibilities.

Banana Comedian Reborn!

With that stupid thought, he went back to sleep, satisfied with the phrase. The spirit of a jaguar came beside him, eyeing him curiously.

-Japan-

Oh, what a boy!

He'll grow up strong someday.

Let' s call him Ryunosuke.

After that gangster ancestor we have?

But he was the symbol of freedom and will power!

I guess so…

…

The small boy opened his eyes, confused at what's going on.

Danna…he died…Manta called me…

He suddenly found himself very small, compare to his tall figure from before.

I…I was riding my bike, and a taxi came…what happened? I think I died but…I'm here?

Seemingly disregarding the confusing situation, the boy drifted back into slumber. A lizard like spirit appeared beside him and watched him lazily. "I've found you, Ryu."

-Germany-

Which number are we at now?

It would be nineteen, since I'm eighteen.

So the boy would be Faust XIX.

A lot easier than XVIII.

Haha…yeah…

I hope he will be nice and strong when he grows up.

…

The blonde baby quietly and calmly opened his eyes.

Eliza…

Then he widened his eyes as he remembered what happened.

Ah…I had wanted to visit Yoh-kun after his death…I guess the trains don't like me much. I even left Eliza behind…

The sad thought enveloping him, he goes back to sleep, dreaming of his beloved lover. The transparent figure of a girl in a nurse outfit appeared beside him. "This moment has come at last, my darling."

-Izumo-

Hao opened his eyes and look at the surrounding. Yoh still lay beside him, breathing softly as he slept.

Spirit of Fire…

The spirit came to the onmyouji's call, its body small, matching for its infant master.

Good, you're still here. Go until I call you again…

The spirit quietly and obediently disappeared.

I'm sure all of Yoh's friends who have seen the Chou Senji Ryakketsu have been reborn as well, with their memories. The future calls for an interesting one…

He looks at Yoh again, examining the younger boy with amused curiosity. After a while, he went back into slumber yet again, as his new parents came in to check on their twins.

To be continued…

A/N: ER…Everyone has this unknown long-distance sibling and they continued the bloodline! Yay me. XD

This chapter is a bit boring, I know; just showing the process of rebirth and all. The next chapter will skip a few years; I'll try to update faster to make up for the boring chapter.

So, what do you think? I'm sorry that Anna and Manta, and probably Lyserg as well, won't show up since they did not go in the Chou Senji Ryakketsu. Let's just say that Hao left the knowledge of Taizanfukun no Sai in Chou Senji Ryakketsu, and the others inherited it from the book, allowing them to transmigrate. No one got stronger after transmigrating because…that would complicate things.

I might put Lyserg later in the story, since I don't really want him to be left out, but I'm still deciding whether I should let him keep his memory. Hao's lackeys won't show up in the fic.

Also, this chapter only shows the moment that these people are born, but Ryu and Faust are actually born earlier than the others. I want to make the age proportional to before they died.

I realized that I'm not going to bother to translate the Japanese in this fic, and I'm sorry if I used them the wrong way. Anyways, if anyone has questions about the Japanese, leave them in a review or e-mail me.

In my other fic, Nantoka Naru, I had mistakenly assumed that Izumo is a village, but I guess it is more of a province, so I'm sorry for the mistake.

Sorry for the short chappie, but please review; I accept anything, even flames.